Government doctors went on strike across Sindh from Monday ove
r non-payment of salaries, allo
wances and health insurance. Patients arriving at government hospitals across Sindh are facing new trouble as the physicians held a strike and all Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) were closed in Karachi as well. Hundreds of patients were seen crowded outside the hospitals due to closure of all examination activities were witnessed at Jinnah, Civil, Lyari General and all
district-level hospitals. Doctors said that the provincial government was given one-week time to consider their
demands regarding increment in salaries, allo
wances and health insurance of the physicians, however, no contact was made so far by the Sindh authorities. Doctors Action Committee (DAC) announced that OPDs will close in all hospitals for next
three days and the strike will be held in emergency and other wards as well if
demands were not fulfilled.
Published in Daily Times, January 29th 2019.